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The two biggest surprises to me are. Ty Shannon (Graduate Student) Quintin Seguin (Graduate Student)

Not any head coach in any sport, but Berry. Yes really. You can name another time where he said injured player X would be back that weekend and they didn’t end up playing?

The Spring 2021 Offense was solid and they took a pretty big step back Fall 2021. The only difference in personnel was losing 3 O-Line starters with virtually no off season. With Christian / Lavell returning, my indicator will be who is starting at Guard this Fall. If those spots are taken by the transfers, I'll take that as a really good sign that this unit will be taking a step forward. How is RB a question mark?

I don't ever recall another time where that situation has happened, does anyone? I found that so strange.

CC is pretty bad. It wasn’t so long ago that UND swept them playing 5 on the blue line the entire weekend. UND will sweep, but very interested on who will return to the lineup this weekend.

Just to get a little conversation going. What is everyone's expectations for this team offensively next year? A unit that was very inconsistent. From what we know so far, they lose the following from Fall 2021. O-Line (3): Waletzko, Ghadaksaz, Langstaff RB (2): Weah, Clemetson TE (1): Riviere WR (3): Boltmann, Richter, Odom It all starts up front as everyone knows. I think they did really well in the transfer portal in the interior as well only losing three from last Fall. Do others think that outside of RB, that every other offensive positional group should be better Fall of 2022 then it was Fall of 2021? Note: I would give nod to 2021 for RB since Weah is that good, but I still look at the 2022 RB room as a strength.

Miller mentioned Clemetson (RB), Langstaff (OL) and Lickfeldt (DL) as players who were no longer on the roster.

No, that's just my opinion. I look at it as you have a guy in his 2nd year of Juniors (1 AJHL / 1 USHL). Most likely a 3rd / 4th round pick this summer. 2nd in rookie scoring in the league (Tied 32nd overall). Already playing on the top line in Sioux City. I don't look at his body of work and think he needs to prove more. He very much could see value in staying in the USHL and hopefully dominating (Think Top 10) and then step into a bigger roll potentially as a Freshman. We'll see on that. The Morrow situation is pretty fresh, I would just really hate to lose a guy because he doesn't want to spend another year in Juniors and who could blame them.

I think we can all agree that Jammer / Ness / Albrecht can fill the roll of shutting down opponents. What I mean by short sided is you're saying you'd rather keep Senden / Hain for one year and lose McLaughlin (Top 10) and Strinden (Top 15) in USHL points who could be phenomenal 3 and 4 year guys? I'm confident in saying that Blake / McLaughlin / Strinden and I'll include James will be playing college hockey next year. Really hope it's at UND. I'm also a big believer in balancing the classes. The NCAA tournament is such a crap shoot that losing 5/6 guys every year and cycling that way is the best formula to be consistently good. Note: It will be at UND. Senden / Hain / Ford will move on and my guess is you'll see one guy hit the portal.

I'll never understand this type of short sided thinking.

Through February. Blake (03) - Chicago: 19-42-61 (43GP) *3rd USHL in points* / +11 McLaughlin (03) - Sioux City: 21-32-53 (43GP) *Tied 6th in points* / +8 Strinden (02) - Muskegon: 21-23-44 (44GP) *Tied 15th in points* / +25 James (03) - Sioux City: 15-21-36 (43GP) *Tied 32nd in points* <2nd Rookies> / +6 Spicer (04) - NTDP: 12-13-25 (38GP) / +4

Senden / Hain won't be back. Two major reasons, (1) Berry knows he needs to increase the talent level of the Forward group, they are signed are ready to come in (2) Guys on the current roster that have proven they can play the Senden / Hain roll effectively. The first three that would come in to back fill Senden / Hain / Ford are Blake / McLaughlin / Strinden. I really want to emphasize the need to bring in James as well. They cannot lose him because he doesn't want to be pushed back a year. Need to find another spot. Mods: You can probably move this discussion.

Isn't that the truth. Odd looking through the stats, Sanderson potentially doesn't have to play another game and could end up the year in the Top 3 in team scoring. Also, kind of surprised that UND is 18th in the country in total goals scored this year. Thought it'd be lower.

Singleton ('04) - 57 points (20 G 37 A) in 56 games (21st in AJHL in scoring) Hedquist ('03) - .913 SV %, 2.46 GAA Slipec ('05) - 31 points (15 G 16 A) in 42 games (including 13 in last 10) I would think Hedquist would come in next year, but I agree Singleton won't. Slipec would be too young. What's your definition of struggling pretty good lately?

Over who? These days you need to clarify that who knows how they will end up, but are you talking about Cade Ahrenolz (16 points in 38 USHL games as a late '02) and Carter Bachelder (8 points in 39 games as an early '03)? Those are some mediocre to awful numbers. Stats aren't everything, so I'll take your word that UND really missed out.

@Walsh Hall kind of nailed it. You follow recruiting for a long time and what you learn after awhile is really wait until the year before that player is expected on campus to really evaluate. If your definition of "blue-chipper" is first rounder, there are only a handful each year. What happens here though is everyone that commits elsewhere at that time is this gigantic loss. Take Cooley out as he's as unique of a guy as there every has been. Some turn out to be, but most don't. I think it's safe to say that recently Flemings trajectory is not what was expected when he committed to Notre Dame. It's just so odd that when you look at the Top 20 in USHL scoring, that UND has the most with 3 on the list. That does not include the NTDP guys, where I think you'd have 5 or 6 really high end, but still, I don't know how you look at next years Freshman class and think that recruiting is a concern. Going back to my original statement, it's tough to really get an accurate read on a guy in his first year in Juniors, but we'll see how Strathmann / Perron / Slipec end up next year.

What's the word on Hain? Any chance he plays again this year?

The last time I saw a Tim H. statement it was in regards to Pinto returning to college this year (he signed with Ottawa a day later). Very interesting to see how this plays out, because like you, I was convinced yesterday based on those tweets that he was done for the year. I find that now hard to believe if he's skating. Think Schloss is more dialed in, so I'm not leaning towards that we won't see him in the Olympics (although the Coach stated he was "truly day to day"), but I'm optimistic he'll suit up for UND when he returns.

All three can and I believe will return next year. I also don't see Senden or Hain returning, precedent was set last year, but also on top of that, there are 4 Forwards that need to come in next year, potentially 5 (Spicer), depending on if both parties feel an extra year is necessary. I do feel that like most years, we'll see a Forward or two with eligibility left hit the portal to make room, since only 3 Seniors at Forward this year and nobody sticks out to me as an early signee type of guy. I'd like to see them stay the course and bring in a Freshman defenseman to replace Sanderson. Hedquist for Driscoll works for me. I would like to stay away from the portal as long as there are legitimate options in the Pipeline, which next year there are.

I think he passed him a few weeks back. He didn’t look out of place in a Top 4 roll. The bigger question is based on his current trajectory should Johnson pass Ferner.

Even before his goal, Johnson has been playing really well. He was solid against Omaha, but seems to have taken that next step. Add Moore, even without Sanderson this d-core is becoming a real strength.

Jandric is really good.

Wild. Twice in a row.

Don’t look for a replay. Maybe 3 FT short on a normal 3 point opportunity. Very UND.